Actors Tony Curtis and Kirk Douglas are seen in the 1960 film "Spartacus." Newscom/FILE

Tony Curtis poses in this April 1959 file photo. AP/FILE

Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Janet Leigh, are shown at Academy Awards, in this April 6, 1959, file photo taken in Hollywood, Calif. AP/FILE

Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Janet Leigh, are seen at home in 1955. Newscom/FILE

Actor Tony Curtis attends a signing for his new book "American Prince" during the International Book Festival in Budapest, Hungary, on April 25, 2009. Karoly Arvai/Reuters/FILE

Tony Curtis and Janet Leigh pose with their children, Kelly and Jamie Lee, in this Sept. 19,1961, file photo prior to their departure on the SS Argentina to Argentina where Curtis was to film on location for the movie "Taras Bulba." AP/FILE

Actor Tony Curtis and his wife, Janet Leigh, are seen playing in the snow on skis in this undated photo. Newscom/FILE

Actors Jack Lemmon (l.) and Tony Curtis are seen in costume for the film "Some Like It Hot." AP/FILE

During his 37 years as Zimbabwe’s prime minister and president, Robert Mugabe ordered the massacre of thousands of political opponents, ran the country’s economy into the ground, and instilled a culture of political violence and paranoia that will likely long outlast him.